We report on the picosecond time-resolved fluorescence of 6-propionyl-2-(N,N-dimethylamino)naphthalene (PRODAN) dissolved in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([bmim][PF6]) at 298 K as a function of solubilized water in the [bmim][PF6] phase. The observed solvent relaxation dynamics can be described by three components with apparent relaxation times that occur over a large time re...

The oxo-diperoxo molybdenum(VI) complex MoO(O(2))(2).2QOH (QOH = 8-quinilinol) was prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and UV-Vis spectra. The ionic liquids (ILs) [bmim][BF(4)], [hydemim][BF(4)], and [bmim][PF(6)] were characterized by (1)H-NMR and UV-Vis spectra. The epoxidation of a technical mixture of methyl oleate and methyl linoleate with H(2)O(2), in [bmim][BF(4)], [hyde...

IR-visible sum-frequency generation (IV-SFG) vibrational spectroscopy and a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation were used to study the local layering order at the interface of 1-butanol-d9 and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([bmim]PF6), a room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL). The presence of a local non-polar layer at the interface of the two polar liquids was successfully demon...

The ionic liquid [Bmim][DCA] is a propellant candidate in a standalone electrospray thruster or in a dual-mode propulsion system consisting of a chemical system and an electrospray system. Since limited published data exists for [Bmim][DCA], the electrospray characteristics are relatively unknown. Emission testing of the ionic liquid has been conducted to characterize the [Bmim][DCA] electrospr...

In a previous paper some of us presented the structure and properties new family ionic liquids, ILs, with common cation, 1-butyl-3-methyl imidazolium (the popular [C4C1Im]+ or [BMIM]+) variety anions based in thiocyanate (SCN)−: one reference sample ten anionic metal complexes different valences: AlIII, MnII, FeIII, CrIII, NiII, HgII, ZnII, CoII CuI, resulting, respectively, [BMIM](SCN), [BMIM]...

The effect of a polymer, polyethylene glycol with a molecular weight of 400 (PEG-400), on the dynamics of solvent and rotational relaxation have been investigated in [bmim][BF4]/TX100/cyclohexane microemulsions using steady state and time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy as a tool and coumarin 480 (C-480) as a fluorescence probe. The size of the microemulsions increases with addition of PEG-4...

The reaction of antimony(III) chloride with 1,4-dithiane (1,4-dt) in the ionic liquid [BMIM]Cl ([BMIM]Cl: 1-butyl-4-methylimidazolium chloride) with an excess of the Lewis acid AlCl3 results in the formation of a ligand-stabilized stibenium cation [SbCl2]. 1,4-Dithiane simultaneously serves as a chelating η2-ligand, exhibiting a boat-like conformation, as well as a bridging μ2-ligand, exhibitin...

Ionic liquids (ILs) offer new possibilities for epoxide hydrolase (EH) catalyzed resolution of epoxides and for synthesis of chiral 1,2-diols. Soluble EHs from cress and mouse (csEH and msEH) and microsomal EH from rat (rmEH) were tested in several ILs. For all the enzymes tested, higher enantioselectivities were obtained in [bmim][N(Tf)(2)] and [bmim][PF(6)]. The optimized amount of water for ...

The volume change and sorption of CO2 of ionic liquids(ILs) were measured in a high pressure view cell under supercritical fluid condition. Imidazolium-based ILs such as 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([bmim][PF6]), 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([bmim][BF4]), and 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([omim][BF ]) were employed in this research. The ef...

The efficacy of [bmim][X] ionic liquids (ILs) (X = PF(6) (-), BF(4) (-) and NTf(2) (-)) as reaction media for methyl oleate metathesis was compared with that of conventional organic solvents (PhCl, PhMe, DCM and DCE) using the well-defined first and second generation Grubbs precatalysts, RuCl(2)(PCy(3))(L)(=CHPh) (L = PCy(3) or H(2)IMes). Best catalytic performance, with excellent selectivity (...